Eminent Nigerians have mourned former member of the National Assembly that represented Ogun East between 1999 and 2003 under the defunct Alliance for Democracy (AD), Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye. They include National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; former governor of Ogun State, Aremo Segun […]
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Senate president Ahmad Lawan has praised the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III for promoting peace and religious tolerance in the country. While rejoicing with the monarch on his 65th birthday, he said: “The Sultan is an avid promoter of peace and religious tolerance as amply demonstrated in his role as the co-chair […]
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Nigeria has expressed readiness to partner Magnus aircraft manufacturing firm in Hungary, to establish an assembling plant and manufacture light airplanes locally. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, expressed the interest when he paid an inspection visit to the Magnus Aircraft Industry in Pogany, Hungary. He said the goal is to assemble aircraft locally, from […]
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Eighty five students of the University of Jos (UNIJOS), who are indigenes of Oyo State, who were evacuated from the troubled Plateau State by the state government, arrived Ibadan yesterday. They were received by Governor Seyi Makinde, who assured the students that the state government would always do everything within its capacity to protect the […]
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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has asked banks in the country to investigate the sources of income of their potential customers before opening an account for them. He gave the advice on Tuesday when the Association of Chief Audit Executives of Banks in Nigeria, (ACAEBIN), led by the Chairman, Yinka Tiamiyu […]
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The Republic of Korea has said that the establishment of direct flights between Seoul and Abuja will open up business opportunities and boost hi-tech startups, Speaking in Abuja during a diplomatic shuttle to Nigeria, Republic of Korea’s 1st Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Choi Jong Kun said lack of direct flights between Nigeria and Korea […]
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Canvassing peace, Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, yesterday, directed the Caretaker Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Gboyega Famodun, to discontinue the case instituted against some chieftains of the party who are loyalists of Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Ismail Omipidan, he […]
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From Lagos to Uyo, Abuja to Abeokuta, and indeed, the whole of Nigerian cities and towns where major tertiary hospitals are sited, it is the story of pain and pangs for patients who could not access urgent medical care due to the ongoing industrial action by the Nigerian doctors. As much as medical consultants and […]
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THE Federal Government on Monday feigned ignorance as a firm concluded arrangements to recruit Nigerian doctors for Saudi Arabia. The firm, Meed Consultants, is recruiting doctors in different specialties under a programme tagged, ‘Saudi Ministry of Health Doctors Recruitment August 2021.” The government-licensed recruiting agency based in Abuja has fixed Tuesday (today) as interview date […]
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A 96-year-old retired soldier has been arrested in Suleja area of Niger State by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for allegedly dealing in illicit drugs. The Nonagenarian was arrested in his house at Rafin Sanyi area of Suleja on Saturday, August 21, 2021 with three kilograms of skunk based on credible […]
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